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A378284
Unique sequence s starting with 1,2,1 such that if r(r(r(s) = s and r(s) != s and r(r(s) != s, where r(#) denotes the runlength sequence of a sequence #.
4
1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
This sequence is one of three limiting rows of the array A378282. See A378282 for a guide to related arrays and sequences.
MATHEMATICA
z = 18;
invRE[seq_, k_] := Flatten[Map[ConstantArray[#[[2]], #[[1]]] &,
Partition[Riffle[seq, {k, 2 - Mod[k + 1, 2]}, {2, -1, 2}], 2]]];
row1 = {1}; rows = {row1};
col = PadRight[{}, z, {1, 1, 2}]
Do[AppendTo[rows, invRE[Last[rows], col[[n]]]], {n, 2, Length[col]}]
rows // ColumnForm
Flatten[rows] (* A378282 *)
rows[[z - 2]]; (* A378283 *)
rows[[z - 1]]; (* A378284 *)
rows[[z]]; (* A378285 *)
Map[Length, rows] (* A378286 *)
(* Peter J. C. Moses, Nov 21 2024 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,new
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Dec 20 2024
STATUS
approved